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vernier^¹

/ˈvɚniːɹ/

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Borrowed from French vernier. From Pierre Vernier, the inventor.

noun verniers

A secondary scale with finer graduations than the primary scale of a measuring device; the vernier measures between graduations of the larger scale.
A secondary control input with finer control than the primary, or coarse, input; for example the vernier frequency tuning knob on a radio.
A secondary system of force application for the attitude control of a spacecraft; for example a vernier thruster.

Vernier^²

proper noun Verniers

A surname.

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@misc{vernier_2026,
  title = {vernier},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vernier},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}